The Caribbean region

This is a list of populated places in the Caribbean. Only the major metropolitan areas and largest populated or significant places in each country, national region/district, or national territory are listed. In most cases, the largest populated place for a given country, national region, or territory is the capital.

Largest populated places

List of largest populated places by country/region/territory in the Caribbean
Link to list of cities by country, region, or territory Populated place Population Year Refs
Anguilla (British Overseas Territory) The Valley 2,035 2010 [1]
Antigua and Barbuda (Commonwealth realm) Saint John's 24,226 2010 [2]
Aruba (Constituent state of the Kingdom of the Netherlands) Oranjestad 29,998 2010 [3]
Bahamas (Commonwealth Realm) Nassau 227,940 2010 [4]
Barbados Bridgetown 98,511 2010 [5]
Belize (Commonwealth Realm) Belize City[Note 1] 61,461 2010 [6]
Bonaire (special municipality of the Netherlands) Kralendijk 10,620 2017 [7]
British Virgin Islands (British Overseas Territory) Road Town 8,449 2010 [8]
Cayman Islands (British Overseas Territory) George Town[Note 2] 40,200 2019 [9][10]
Cuba Havana 2,117,625 2015 [11]
Curaçao (Constituent state of the Kingdom of the Netherlands) Willemstad 136,660 2011 [12]
Dominica Roseau 14,725 2011 [13]
Dominican Republic Santo Domingo 3,658,648 2015 [14]
Grenada (Commonwealth Realm) St. George's 33,734 2012 [15]
Guadeloupe (overseas department/region and single territorial collectivity of France) Pointe-à-Pitre 132,884 2013 [16]
Haiti Port-au-Prince 2,618,894 2015 [17]
Jamaica (Commonwealth Realm) Kingston 1,190,763 2015 [18][19]
Martinique (overseas department/region and single territorial collectivity of France) Fort-de-France 78,126 2013 [20]
Montserrat (British Overseas Territory) Brades 1,000 1998 [21]
Nueva Esparta (a Venezuelan state) Porlamar[Note 1] 144,830 2011 [22]
Puerto Rico (Territory of the United States) San Juan metropolitan area 2,196,538 2015 [23]
Saba (special municipality of the Netherlands) The Bottom 462 2001 [24]
San Andrés and Providencia (Venezuelan state) San Andrés[Note 1] 55,426 2005 [25]
Saint Barthélemy (Dependent Territory of France) Gustavia 2,300 2017 [26]
Saint Kitts and Nevis (Commonwealth Realm) Basseterre 14,000 2018 [27]
Saint Lucia (Commonwealth Realm) Castries 20,000 2010 [28]
Saint Martin (Dependent Territory of France) Marigot 5,700 2006 [29]
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (Commonwealth Realm) Kingstown 12,909 2012 [30]
Sint Maarten (Constituent state of the Kingdom of the Netherlands) Philipsburg 1,894 2017 [31]
Sint Eustatius (special municipality of the Netherlands) Oranjestad 1,038 2001 [32]
Trinidad and Tobago Chaguanas[Note 1] 83,489 2011 [33]
Turks and Caicos Islands (British Overseas Territory) Providenciales[Note 1] 23,769 2012 [34]
United States Virgin Islands (Territory of the United States) Charlotte Amalie 18,481 2010 [35][36]

Notes:

  1. ^ a b c d e Not the capital of the country
  2. ^ George Town is the largest city by population of the British Overseas Territories

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See also

References

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  2. ^ "St. John's". GeoNames. Retrieved September 13, 2021.
  3. ^ "Oranjestad". GeoNames. Retrieved September 13, 2021.
  4. ^ "Nassau". GeoNames. Retrieved September 13, 2021.
  5. ^ "Bridgetown". GeoNames. Retrieved September 13, 2021.
  6. ^ "Belize City". GeoNames. Retrieved September 13, 2021.
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  24. ^ "Geodata 2001, Saba & Sint.Eustatius, Census 2001". Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek, Netherlands Antilles. 2001. p. 17. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
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  26. ^ "Populations légales 2017 des départements et collectivités d'outre-mer". INSEE (in French). Government of France. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
  27. ^ "CIA World Factbook – Saint Kitts and Nevis". CIA World Factbook. Retrieved 2019-02-24.
  28. ^ "Saint Lucia". GeoNames. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
  29. ^ "Populations légales 2018 des départements et collectivités d'outre-mer". INSEE (in French). Government of France. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
  30. ^ "2012 POPULATION & HOUSING CENSUS PRELIMINARY REPORT" (PDF). Statistical Office Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
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